We conducted an experiment with Daphnias a few days ago. These things are fragile. And because of the fact they're fragile, they die so quickly there's no measure of how frustrated you'll get at the end of the day; trying to catch the stupid, (and I don't use that term lightly) nearly invisible, very small and transparent organisms. A friend of mine actually named them Daphne. Daphne 1, 2, 3 and so on. I have no idea how many he killed. My class had the exact same problem. My classmate was on the verge of insanity and when their group finally got their reading, he was practically screaming "Let me kill it!" The whole group had to hold him back while Jessica released the poor, innocent creature back into the beaker.
Those annoying creatures die at every single opportunity- too hot, too cold, wrong pH value, light from the microscope to bright, not enough water and many other random reasons. Thankfully our group only killed 2 daphnias. The first one died because the water that was containing the accursed creature dried up. We found that out the hard way when we finally located the ridiculously tiny heart that was no longer beating. The second one technically did not die. It was just too tiny so locating the heart would just be a pain the the everywhere. SO we just left it aside. I'm not entirely sure what finally happened to it but I don't really care. Another friend actually texted me saying "Don't let the daphnia you killed haunt you in your sleep." And to think that we just had the Ethic Studies test. Guess what was one of the questions? Name 2 out of 5 moral values in Buddhism (I think). One of them is actually not to kill any living creatures. Ah, the irony of things.
I've admitted my one of my deepest, darkest secret to a good friend of mine. The advice was self-censorship. Now to try that.
Signing out,
censorship board
Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world- the clock and the cat. -Emile Auguste Chartier
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Three Musketeers?
The title has nothing to do with what I'm about to say.
Well maybe it would make sense to some people (no wait, just one).
It's an inside joke.
Anyway, I finally got my broadband. Only problem is that too many people using it at the same time makes it undoubtedly slow. It is rather irritating but oh well, the things we do just to access Facebook since the opposite gender in my class refuse to let us (girls) in on their secret to accessing Facebook in class. Rawr.
That aside, college life is very different from what I imagined. No wait, correction. The specific college that I'm in is very different from what I imagined.
As of now, our goal set by JPA is to score a minimum of 12 points in each semester exam. All I have to do is to not burn out and study consistently.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this but these are the subjects I'm currently taking: Biology, Chemistry, Math and Statistics. My roommate is from Johor Baru and she's under the Malacca Manipal Medical College (I think, cos we just shorten the name to MMMC) which means she'll go straight to Manipal (India) for 2.5 years and then to Malacca to do clinical (I think). If you failed to catch it, she's doing Medicine. My housemates, one from JB and another from Ipoh. One's bound to Penang Medical College (Ireland first, Penang later) and she's doing Medicine too. The one from Ipoh is bound to Nottingham (the campus here then UK) doing Pharmacy. Then there's me, bound to IMU.
Yes I get along with my housemates. In fact, I think sometimes I bother them a lot with my singing and non-stop chatter. If they're bored, they never seem to look like they are. Either they're really good actresses or I really am entertaining.
This is a rather long post compared to all the others because when I wrote the others on borrowed time or by stealing wifi. Now that I have my own broadband, it's limited freedom. Kinda like trying a particularly active dog on a moderately long leash. Not a very good comparison but I think you get it, don't you?
I have a Biology report to complete, an English presentation outline to hand-in, a Biology presentation to prepare, an English Critical Thinking presentation to prepare and study fro Biology, Chemistry and Ethic Studies. I know you're thinking, why should I study for Ethics and so on. Let me tell you this, my lecturer has high expectations and we don't have proper notes. I have no idea what the format is and I am so doomed. Since I'm on the subject of doom and total annihilation, Chemistry has killer quizzes. I blanked looking at even the first question and the question was only two lines long. I dread to see the topical test. *shudder*
Oh I just realised, now that I have broadband, I can feast my eyes on cats once more!! (Visit the lolcats.com to share my joy).
Signing out,
cat-deprived
Well maybe it would make sense to some people (no wait, just one).
It's an inside joke.
Anyway, I finally got my broadband. Only problem is that too many people using it at the same time makes it undoubtedly slow. It is rather irritating but oh well, the things we do just to access Facebook since the opposite gender in my class refuse to let us (girls) in on their secret to accessing Facebook in class. Rawr.
That aside, college life is very different from what I imagined. No wait, correction. The specific college that I'm in is very different from what I imagined.
As of now, our goal set by JPA is to score a minimum of 12 points in each semester exam. All I have to do is to not burn out and study consistently.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this but these are the subjects I'm currently taking: Biology, Chemistry, Math and Statistics. My roommate is from Johor Baru and she's under the Malacca Manipal Medical College (I think, cos we just shorten the name to MMMC) which means she'll go straight to Manipal (India) for 2.5 years and then to Malacca to do clinical (I think). If you failed to catch it, she's doing Medicine. My housemates, one from JB and another from Ipoh. One's bound to Penang Medical College (Ireland first, Penang later) and she's doing Medicine too. The one from Ipoh is bound to Nottingham (the campus here then UK) doing Pharmacy. Then there's me, bound to IMU.
Yes I get along with my housemates. In fact, I think sometimes I bother them a lot with my singing and non-stop chatter. If they're bored, they never seem to look like they are. Either they're really good actresses or I really am entertaining.
This is a rather long post compared to all the others because when I wrote the others on borrowed time or by stealing wifi. Now that I have my own broadband, it's limited freedom. Kinda like trying a particularly active dog on a moderately long leash. Not a very good comparison but I think you get it, don't you?
I have a Biology report to complete, an English presentation outline to hand-in, a Biology presentation to prepare, an English Critical Thinking presentation to prepare and study fro Biology, Chemistry and Ethic Studies. I know you're thinking, why should I study for Ethics and so on. Let me tell you this, my lecturer has high expectations and we don't have proper notes. I have no idea what the format is and I am so doomed. Since I'm on the subject of doom and total annihilation, Chemistry has killer quizzes. I blanked looking at even the first question and the question was only two lines long. I dread to see the topical test. *shudder*
Oh I just realised, now that I have broadband, I can feast my eyes on cats once more!! (Visit the lolcats.com to share my joy).
Signing out,
cat-deprived
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